<span>During nitrification, ammonia is changed back into nitrate.</span>
Nitrification is a three-step process of oxidation of ammonia. It is an aerobic process performed by small groups of autotrophic bacteria (<span>Nitrosomonas,
Nitrobacter</span>).
First step- ammonia to hydroxylamine,
Second step-hydroxylamine to nitrite,
Third step-nitrite to nitrate.
Nitrification together with ammonification is part of a nitrogen cycle.
Nitrogen is the most important component of DNA, protein, enzymes etc. Its recycling in the atmosphere is necessary, beacuse free nitrogen in the atmosphere balance the atmosphere composition. In soil it is important for fertility needed for plant growth. In heterotrophs it is an essential component of organic compounds.
If you're a carrier, you're a heterozygote...So let's say S is normal allele and s is diseased allele, then you'd be Ss.
Someone with sickle cell anemia would be ss (homozygous recessive)
